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SUNSET BEACH—Town council is continuing negotiations about possibly buying a multi-million-dollar site for a future park.

Though the town had announced just last week discussions with Tidal Ventures, owner of the 5.22-acre Intracoastal Waterway site, had reached a stalemate, town administrator Gary Parker said owners of the company had changed their minds and subsequently contacted the town about continuing negotiations.

“We need to have a closed session,” he said at the start of the board’s pre-meeting workshop Monday night.

BOLIVIA—Republican incumbent Frank Iler has been re-elected to a full, new term to N.C. House District 17.

Unofficial results posted Tuesday by the Brunswick County Board of Elections show Iler bested Democratic challenger James Knox, mayor of the Brunswick County town of Northwest, with 68.37 percent of votes—24,000 over Knox’s 11,104 or 31.63 percent.

The people have spoken, and they do not want convicted felons serving as their chief law enforcement officer in North Carolina counties, including Brunswick.

According to unofficial election results, the constitutional amendment to ban convicted felons from serving as sheriff in North Carolina garnered statewide support and passed 34,297 votes to 4,839 votes in Brunswick County. Statewide, the amendment passed with 2.05 million votes to 362,061 votes, with 95 of 100 counties reporting.

Polling locations across Brunswick County reported seeing a study influx of voters throughout the day on Tuesday. The polls opened this morning at 6:30 a.m., and will close at 7:30 p.m.

By 3 p.m. Tuesday, the Shallotte precinct at the Shallotte Fire Department reported there had already been more than 300 voters through their doors, and they anticipated an evening rush with polls closing at 7:30 p.m.